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PHOTO/ Josh Lewis, Morgan Heim and The Fishing Cat Research and Conservation Project As amazing as this trip has been, I went into this morning fairly certain that I’d be leaving Thailand with no new photos of a fishing cat on my camera trap. Technical malfunctions, flooding, bad luck, near misses, delays, poor site choices … Continue reading →

The sky tried to drown us today. As we drove out to set our traps, I pointed to the slate grey clouds boiling in the skies above, and exclaimed, “Phahn ha” (Should we worry?). Ruj was convinced we could set one trap before the curtain of rain and lightning descended. We made it less than … Continue reading →

Can you guess who these spots belong too? If you said fishing cat, you’re of course right. Today, we caught our third fishing cat. His name is Kee Ree, meaning “mountain” in Thai (make sure you draw out the syllables, or else you’ll just be telling him he’s “filthy”). Kee Ree was an absolute sweetie pie, … Continue reading →